CVE-2011-1583
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Multiple integer overflows in tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted paravirtualised guest kernel image that triggers (1) a buffer overflow during a decompression loop or (2) an out-of-bounds read in the loader involving unspecified length fields.
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Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of the Xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 6. This has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0496.html.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 5 (xen) | RHSA-2011:0496 | 2011-05-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (xen) | RHSA-2011:0496 | 2011-05-09 |
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